Re: RARA-AVIS: Patricia Highsmith: A Thumbs Up

From: Scott Owen ( scottaowen@hotmail.com)
Date: 07 Jun 2002

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>Does she write anything more noirish?
>Recommendations?
>

The Ripley novels are quite good, too. But my favorite Highsmith titles are her short story collections, especially TALES OF NATURAL AND UNNATURAL CATASTRPHES and THE ANIMAL LOVERS BOOK OF BEASTLY MURDER. To call her stories mordant is an understatement. Just imagine murder by guinea pig.

--Scott

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